Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf, right, is defended by Vancouver Canucks’ Troy Stecher as Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom watches during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. The Ducks won 1-0. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Vancouver Canucks’ Troy Stecher, right, falls to the ice while competing for the puck with Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Kesler during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. The Ducks won 1-0. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Vancouver Canucks’ Troy Stecher, left, moves the puck under pressure from Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. The Ducks won 1-0. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

ANAHEIM — There was a 64-year-old rookie coach behind the bench. There was a 26-year-old goaltender making his first NHL start. There was an early goal and the first lead in weeks. There was not one but two fights, with a couple of 30-somethings throwing hands.

The Ducks sure had a different look about them Wednesday at Honda Center, with Bob Murray adding the coaching duties to his role as general manager after firing Randy Carlyle on Sunday and playing Kevin Boyle in goal after placing John Gibson and Chad Johnson on injured reserve.

Murray asked for more from the Ducks than they had delivered in the final days of Carlyle’s second stint as coach, and they delivered a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks that ended their seven-game losing streak. The Ducks’ win was only their third in 22 games.

“As always, having been through this a bunch of times myself, there’s always a bit of a jolt of energy and emotion, which would be nice because there’s not been much emotion here,” Murray said before the game when asked what he expected. “That would be nice if there was some tonight.”

Murray didn’t have to wait long. Jakob Silfverberg scored 6:30 into the game, converting on a pass from Devin Shore and giving the Ducks their first lead since scoring first in what became a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Jan. 23. Silfverberg’s goal was his team-leading 13th.

Boyle made 35 saves in blanking the Canucks in his first start and second NHL appearance after his recall Friday from the San Diego Gulls of the AHL. He raised his hands overhead at the final horn, overcome by emotion after a calm, cool and collected performance.

“It’s something you dream of growing up as a little kid playing street hockey, so to be able to come out here and get a win in the first game, I can’t even describe it,” Boyle said. “Growing up, I definitely imagined what it would be like and it’s definitely exceeded everything I ever dreamed of.”

Boyle said he relaxed in the afternoon by playing video games, as is his custom, and then he became the second Ducks goalie to record a shutout in his first start. Gibson also blanked the Canucks in his NHL debut April 7, 2014.

The Ducks maintained their one-goal lead through two periods, the first time they’d led that deep into a game since they defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Jan. 19, which also happened to be their last victory. Seven lifeless defeats followed before Murray replaced Carlyle.

Ryan Kesler, 34 but apparently feeling more like 24, landed a big right hand to the face of the Canucks’ Josh Leivo only 1:25 after Silfverberg’s goal and suddenly a Honda Center sellout crowd of 17,174 was standing and roaring its approval after days, weeks and months of discontent.

Ryan Getzlaf, 33, then responded to a challenge in the early minutes of the second period when Vancouver’s Erik Gudbranson wanted him to answer for a collision that injured Canucks teammate Jake Virtanen at center ice. Getzlaf and Gudbranson scrapped for a few moments and then fell to the ice.

The Ducks failed to pad their lead in the second, but they didn’t give up the equalizer either.

Boyle came up with a big glove save on Leivo in the opening minutes of the third, deflecting his shot over the crossbar and out of harm’s way. The Canucks had their chances on a couple of power plays in the early minutes of the third, but couldn’t beat Boyle.

Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson did beat Boyle in the final period, but the rookie’s knuckling shot from the right wing struck the crossbar and ricocheted away. Pettersson, the NHL’s leading scorer among rookies with 51 points, was blanked for the first time in five games.

“He was calm and that’s what I like about him,” Murray said when asked what he liked most about Boyle’s play in goal. “He’s a quiet, calm guy. I love calm goaltenders.”

Murray tweaked his lineup before the game. He recalled forward Max Jones from San Diego of the AHL and skated him with Kesler and Carter Rowney on an effective line that set the tone early with an aggressive forecheck. Murray also sent defenseman Korbinian Holzer to San Diego.

“We’ve got to forecheck,” Murray said. “We can’t be receiving the game all the time, and we’ve been receiving the game far too much. … They hadn’t won in a long time. They were griping it a little tight. They got better as it went along. I thought the Kesler line really, really helped us.”

Elliott Teaford covers the Anaheim Ducks for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He covered the Ducks for 12 years, including the Stanley Cup season, for the Los Angeles Times and the Daily Breeze before returning to the beat in 2018 for SCNG. He also covered the Lakers for five seasons, including their back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and '10. He once made a jump shot over future Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton during a pickup game in 1980 at Cypress College.